American Industrialization, Labor, and Immigration

The growth of American cities due to industrialization and immigration

cheaper and more efficient way of making steel developed in the late 1800s.

linked the eastern U.S. to the west. helped to industrialize America in the 1800s.

small, overcrowded, unsanitary apartments in the eastern cities of the 1800s.

Millions of immigrants from southern and eastern Europe (Italians) settled in Northern cities for factory work

large corporations that bought out smaller companies- monopolies- gained political influence

corporate leaders that built wealthy, industrial empires (Rockefeller, Carnegie)

belief that the wealthy should give back to society (philanthropy)

immigrants from northern and western Europe (England) most were protestants adn settled west due to land

belief that justified the success of wealthy businessmen "survival of the fittest (rich)"

government policy of limited interference in business and life (limited government regulation in the U.S.)

America looked appealing, but had social problems (poverty, crime, pollution, corruption)

community centers for the urban poor and immigrants (Jane Addams)

People of different ethnicities (cultures and customs).